Simone de Beauvoir Quotes on Freedom
Simone de Beauvoir was a 20th-century French philosopher, writer, and political activist, a central figure of post-war French existentialism and a foundational thinker of modern feminist philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Simone de Beauvoir on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Simone de Beauvoir:
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
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Attributed to Simone de Beauvoir:
“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely.”
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Attributed to Simone de Beauvoir:
“On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in her strength, not to escape herself but to find herself, not to abase herself but to assert herself, on that day love will become for her, as for man, a source of life.”
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Attributed to Simone de Beauvoir:
“To will oneself free is also to will others free.”